Ian Incorporated pees on everything, gets Mexican pesos

Did I get your attention? Who says headlines have to do anything with the actual story? ha! In a recent MySpace blog, singer/guitarist of Ontario based ska/punk act Corporation, David Corporation gives us an in-depth update of the past couple of shows from their current tour. In the blog David describes the band’s “big drunken success of a weekend,” involving singer/bassist Ian Incorporated peeing all over the venue, and proceeding to sit down on a piss-soaked chair. Read more on the belligerence of Corporation by reading the entire tour update here.

Corporation is still on tour. Check out dates and locations at their Dying Scene Shows page.

So the advantage to being the sober one in the band is being able to remember everything that happened, in its glorious, full detail. And let me tell you, these past 3 days were full of those great moments and memories.

It all started last Friday with our Peterborough show. We were playing a venue called OSSIA, which was new to us. Going in to the show, we didn’t know what to expect. We were pleased when we showed up to find that not only was the show well attended, but the drinks were cheap! It was also kool that this venue was only a couple doors down from a venue called The Underdog (which has since been renamed to something else), which was where we had our first real show. It’s funny how things come full circle sometimes.
The first band on that night was a kool rock/post-hardcore/metal band from Oshawa. I can’t remember their name right now, but I do remember that they were really good. I’m not usually into that type of music, but they did it well, with great vocals and guitar solos. They also got the crowd moving, which was a sight to see, since the place was about as wide as a closet haha! The second band was a kool drum-bass combo, with unique vocals, sometimes going into the falsetto range. Definitely entertaining to watch.
Now it was our time to take the stage. By this point, Ian and Steve had had a good amount of drinks – I’m talking about that perfect mixture, somewhere between drunk enough to not know better and being totally hammered. Ian at this point had switched to drinking wine, and began to tell the crowd he was going to do some spoken word readings of the Vagina Monolouges. When they wern’t having any of that, we tore out a solid set. What was great was the crowd was giving out more energy than we were, singing along when they could and moshing so hard the mic stands were getting knocked over. Some guy even lost his tooth! Definitely kick-ass.
After our set, we were able to catch the last band, as they did some solid originals and some kool covers of The Ramones, Misfits, Rancid, and others. It was at this point Ian started having drinks baught for him, and he took it one step further. He went outside the building and started pissing on the table. Then, he pissed on the chairs, which he later sat down in and wondered why they were wet. He also pissed on the wall, right in front of the owner of the venue. He wasn’t pleased. He then brought himself back into the venue, where he began to sell our CD’s. One of them he sold to a girl for a pocket full of Mexican money, which he would call me up the next day asking how he got haha. After the show had ended, we went next door to some pizza place and bought one of the best pizzas I’ve ever eaten, while Ian graciously “found” us some cookies to eat. All in all, the show was a great success, and we can’t wait to come back to Peterbrough again!

And that was only day one of three! It was now Saturday, and we were on to Belleville. What was kool about this show, was it was not only our first Belleville show ever, but the promoter running it, Colin, was the guy who through on that Peterborough show, that was our first real show ever. Now this was scary. The world REALLY goes full circle! We showed up to find a good sized crowd. The band on at the time was a rap duo, who I must say were actually pretty good. After them was a sick metal band who had a lead female singer, who could sing more menancing and deadlier than any man I ever heard.
It was at this time we took the stage. For a crowd of people who had never seen us before, they really seemed to dig it. We ended up getting asked for an encore, so we played “Guantanamo Bay”, and dedicated it to this guy Adam, who was being sent off with the army to Afghanistan. We wish him a safe and secure travel.
After we played, we got to check out the last band for the night, who were called Aurora Snow. They were pretty sick, and we’re going to try and get them to come over here to Toronto, so check them out if you can. After the show, we ended up heading back to Colins house, and I must say, he had one great place! Full with a pool, fish pond, great patio, and tons of awesome cassettes. He gave us tons of beers. It must have been enough, because Ian decided to arm wrestle one of the guys there. Now, Ian lost, but in his defense, the other guy was jacked, and he did put up a good fight. As a consolation prize though, Colin offered us one of his kittens. As it turns out, his cat had just had a litter, and he needed to get rid of them. So he grabbed one, and wore it on his shoulder for the rest of the night! We decided to call him Death Machine. Kitten aside, it was a great night, and once again, we can’t wait to return to Belleville.

Now it was time for the final show of the weekend, Brampton! What was great about this show was when we showed up, there was already a big crowd of people there, and alot of them were faces I hadn’t seen for months! The Filthy Radicals started off the night, and they decided to cover our song “Coffee”. I had gone around back to an old, abandoned drive-through, and stolen the COFFEE tag off the sign. I presented it to Jewitt when they started playing the song. Their guitarist Dan then began to rip some amazing solos, as they played our song. It was pretty kool to see it from the other side haha. Cover aside, they played a great set, full of their own original songs. Good job guys!
After them was a Brampton local band, who I apologize, but I forget their name. They were quite young, but did show signs of promise. With some more shows under their belt they could shape up to be a pretty good band. Next we saw Panama Red, who upped the ante, with their high-energy performance. These guys have really improved over the past year, and it was great to be able to play with them again. We’ll be seeing them again next month on May 16th, so we’re definitely stoked for that.
Mean Tangerine was the next ones to take the stage. They layed down some ska numbers that are sure to get stuck in your head. For those of you who have only seen them from Disband, they have alot more to offer, so you should check them out.
Lastly, it was our turn to play. We were more than happy to play some of our favourite songs, both old and new. We even had help from the crowd, singing along, and Crowley from Ghetto Blaster came up to help sing our finale “Bank-Corrupt”. I then finished it off by vomitting, which luckily very few people noticed.

All in all, it was a great weekend, with every show being a success. We want to send a big thanks out to everyone who helped make them possible, in particular, Matt, Colin and Blake. Thanks to all the bands we played with. Thanks to Crowley, Nicole, Jen, Dan, Chris, Mike, Max, and Andrea for coming out to the Brampton show. Extra special thanks to Nicole for agreeing to adopt Death Machine. And everyone else, THANKS!

What the fuck! The Specials got cancelled tonight! Who else is pissed!? Well, if you’re looking for somewhere to put all that ska energy, come out to Basement West this Saturday to check us out with some other kool bands! Thanks,

– David Corporation